Psalms 44
1 For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old.
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out.
You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you were well pleased in them.
For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob.
God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5 In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing them that rise up against us.
Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7 For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)
In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 But now you have cast off, and put us to shame; and you will not go forth with our hosts.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
10 You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11 You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us amongst the nations.
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 You have made us a proverb amongst the Gentiles, a shaking of the head amongst the nations.
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten you, neither have we dealt unrighteously in your covenant.
All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
18 And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way.
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 For you have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 for he knows the secrets of the heart.
won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 For, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
24 Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction?
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
